Bloom

Queen Reborn

The next day was filled with the buzz of people. Yesterday the world learned the most popular actress of the time was the long lost perfect queen resurrected, today it was of a hall of people running about trying to set up for a celebration I could care less about. Dresses, shoes, make-up, and dancing-all of it too girly in my mind, yet it was something I had to do. To the world I was going to become the Queen, a powerful and decision-leading person that would save them from certain destruction, and possibly from themselves. To the rest of them I was becoming something else-a guiding star, a glimmer of hope- any show of change. 

Standing on a pedestal for a team of designers I looked myself over for the millionth time today. Rings lined my eyes from lack of sleep, a blue ice with violet streaks kind of bleeding out from the pupil, and yet the streaks seemed to have gotten brighter despite them. They'd let me keep my curly black-purple hair down because the dress they were putting on me was strapless and somehow that made me feel a little OK with being dressed up. 

I hadn't even looked at the material they were putting on me, I didn't care, all I wanted was Bug my brother. I reached out with my head to Luna who was in another room getting stitched up. I don't want this...If this is all part of being a queen then I'm already failing.

 You'll be fine, OK? Oh did I tell you who is escorting you tomorrow night? Luna started laughing and then her excitement shot through me like a Monster energy drink. 

Do I need to care? I groaned. 

Yes! She practically screamed it making me cringe. I didn't even know the door had opened until the hands had left my skirt I was so busy cringing from the pain. It matters because the man who escorts my sister, the queen, has to be worthy of being on your arm. If he isn't then he wouldn't be the one dancing with you at the first dance.

I looked up at the news hands that took mine away from my ears. Standing in front of me in a tux was silent Gabriel who avoided me ever since I'd come to meet his family. Concern was written all over his face but all I could think of was the fact that Luna was still sending spikes into my head. I already know, Luna, he's here...Can you calm down? You're hurting me.

I am? Oh, I'm so sorry. I could feel her in my head biting down on her lip like it was my body. I didn't know how but I was being sucked into her head. Please forgive me.

"You're forgiven...." Weakly I said it and realized I made a mistake.

"I'm forgiven for what?" Gabriel asked bewildered.  "My queen what's wrong?"

You're forgiven just release my mind! I cried it sending to her my pain. Please let...go.

I slumped to the floor my legs folding beneath me feeling that it was too late to cut off the connection. Gabriel caught me and laid my head in his lap to give it support, then I faded from my body into hers. Raising a hand I caught sight of a ring, my mother's, so beautiful with it's two silver strands and it's deep emerald diamond cut stone. I'd been lucky to inherit it after dad had died even after she'd realized what a monster he had been and had still mourned him; she'd threatened to melt it down or pawn it. I couldn't bear to be without it, not even for a minute, because I missed her so much. Maybe I should take Roslin to meet her, they'd love each other, but then again it would destroy mom to find out the man she'd loved had helped Roslin come to being near the same date as I had been.

 I could feel beneath my skin power humming that wasn't mine and my heart sank. I had been hurting Roslin because of the bond and now I'd sucked her into my own head. Oh no....I took off in my finished dress into the room seeing her non-responsive in Gabriel's arms and screamed.